Plaster cast of relief

Museum number:
21-201
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1952 (original number), 8-5201 (previous museum number (recataloged from)), and 917 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.153 and Acc.193
Description:
Cast of Theseus and the Minotaur. From the shoulder piece found at Olympia of a bronze cuirass. Compare Olympia IV Plate G and Friederichs-Wolters 351. The Athenian artist copied the Skironmetope of the temple of Hephaistos (Hephaestus) at Athens, commonly called the Theseum. Hence he commits the error of having his hero hurl the Minotaur from a rock. 4th Century B.C.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Gipsformerei, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany
Verbatim coll. place:
Berlin Cast Works
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
ca. 1904
Object type:
archaeology
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904 and 1905
Department:
Casts and molds
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast of relief, accession number 21-201, described as Cast of Theseus and the Minotaur. From the shoulder piece found at Olympia of a bronze cuirass. Compare Olympia IV Plate G and Friederichs-Wolters 351. The Athenian artist copied the Skironmetope of the temple of Hephaistos (Hephaestus) at Athens, commonly called the Theseum. Hence he commits the error of having his hero hurl the Minotaur from a rock. 4th Century B.C.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast of relief, accession number 21-201, described as Cast of Theseus and the Minotaur. From the shoulder piece found at Olympia of a bronze cuirass. Compare Olympia IV Plate G and Friederichs-Wolters 351. The Athenian artist copied the Skironmetope of the temple of Hephaistos (Hephaestus) at Athens, commonly called the Theseum. Hence he commits the error of having his hero hurl the Minotaur from a rock. 4th Century B.C.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast of relief, accession number 21-201, described as Cast of Theseus and the Minotaur. From the shoulder piece found at Olympia of a bronze cuirass. Compare Olympia IV Plate G and Friederichs-Wolters 351. The Athenian artist copied the Skironmetope of the temple of Hephaistos (Hephaestus) at Athens, commonly called the Theseum. Hence he commits the error of having his hero hurl the Minotaur from a rock. 4th Century B.C.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast of relief, accession number 21-201, described as Cast of Theseus and the Minotaur. From the shoulder piece found at Olympia of a bronze cuirass. Compare Olympia IV Plate G and Friederichs-Wolters 351. The Athenian artist copied the Skironmetope of the temple of Hephaistos (Hephaestus) at Athens, commonly called the Theseum. Hence he commits the error of having his hero hurl the Minotaur from a rock. 4th Century B.C.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast of relief, accession number 21-201, described as Cast of Theseus and the Minotaur. From the shoulder piece found at Olympia of a bronze cuirass. Compare Olympia IV Plate G and Friederichs-Wolters 351. The Athenian artist copied the Skironmetope of the temple of Hephaistos (Hephaestus) at Athens, commonly called the Theseum. Hence he commits the error of having his hero hurl the Minotaur from a rock. 4th Century B.C.

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